01 Record

CVE-2002-1337

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Buffer overflow in Sendmail 5.79 to 8.12.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain formatted address fields, related to sender and recipient header comments as processed by the

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 72.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-08 03:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2002-12-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2eb6253e2be8960b6b744772158563c267aa2435cd1cebe231e6f4a83be69e3f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

gentoolinuxNot specified—

hpalphaserver_scNot specified—

hphp-uxNot specified—

netbsdnetbsdNot specified—

oraclesolarisNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatlinuxNot specified—

sendmailsendmailNot specified—

sunsunosNot specified—

windriverbsdosNot specified—

windriverplatform_saNot specified—

06 References

www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:073http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-073.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
patches.sgi.com20030301-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030301-01-Pvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
www-1.ibm.comIY40501http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40501&apar=onlyvendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
marc.info20030303 Fwd: APPLE-SA-2003-03-03 sendmailhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862109841&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:227http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-227.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com6991http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6991vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.kb.cert.orgVU#398025http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/398025third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
www.sendmail.orghttp://www.sendmail.org/8.12.8.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.debian.orgDSA-257http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-257vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
marc.info20030304 [LSD] Technical analysis of the remote sendmail vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678739608479&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:2222https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2222vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:074http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-074.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.cert.orgCA-2003-07http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-07.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
marc.info20030303 sendmail 8.12.8 availablehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104673778105192&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
frontal2.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:028http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:028vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
www-1.ibm.comIY40500http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40500&apar=onlyvendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
www.iss.netsendmail-header-processing-bo(10748)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10748.phpvdb-entryx_refsource_XF
ftp.sco.comCSSA-2003-SCO.6ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.6vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
ftp.sco.comCSSA-2003-SCO.5ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/CSSA-2003-SCO.5vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:571http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000571vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2003-002ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-002.txt.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
marc.infoHPSBUX0302-246http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104679411316818&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
www.iss.net20030303 Remote Sendmail Header Processing Vulnerabilityhttp://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21950third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISS
www-1.ibm.comIY40502http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY40502&apar=onlyvendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
marc.info20030304 GLSA: sendmail (200303-4)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104678862409849&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

sendmail
Fixed in 8.13.0.PreAlpha4-0

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

sendmail
Fixed in 8.13.0.PreAlpha4-0

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

sendmail
Fixed in 8.13.0.PreAlpha4-0

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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